Telegram-herald., 1887-05-13
GREATEST LOCKOUT
n rre history or CHICAGO
la be iasasursssd - the a4stsE Builders
fea-s-A asssse8s " hisA UsIi PFae-
taeally stop a. nsidis- Opera
tiSns ia tEs ctr.

Cn,cA5o. Nay i2-TAe master builders
vii t9mosr0E lazug gFsts the greatest loeE-
oat ia the h.ssry u Chieaso. Ca the
olaek1oarl ~ ta@ir head lasslefs the follow
ing no'ice ~ss posted.
Al. Taesbers II the Master Builders
ans traGas Ezeaangs new working men
are re4lrsred % stop work o. Friday nisht.
Asy IS, ald report - the executive con-
llttce. josEPa D0xNEy President"
At noon today hundreds Of master car.
peafefs builders, u9s0us aud material men
stood around the doors OF the Exchange
F9oms. 0n IA Sale 81. al aaxi0usly
ald earnestly ciscu-slng The really
alarming condition Of a-a.rs Ia which they
and l1rm.elFes ard their business plunged
Al the meeting OF the executive committee
OF tie Master Builders Association yesfer-
lay, committees were appointed 10 confer
wilh the material men and learn how far
the contractors could rely on their assist
ance ia case they should decide sp0n a
hard struggle vita the trade unions An
sgre~ment IN which the signers pledged
themselves not 20 sell materials OF any kind
10 any engaged in the building bust
ness. either directly or indirectly. was pre-
pared The response u this action
was more encouraging than had been an
tielpated. ali the leading brickmskers aad
those who controlled the outside brick
trade Signed AZ once. The lime aud &C nent
men signed, and the signature of the Chi
ago Stove Company, which controls the
entire stove business OF the city, was oO-
tanned readily. Olher material men signed
the agreement, and thus the construction
OF al buildings IS stopped until the en-
oargO shall be removed.
There is entire unanimity of opinion
~ ha f-tQ .f f4ai ~.
builders. III had 20 come" said a prom
inent builder this afternoon. we were
tired Of being worried. We could never
tell where Ne stood nor what We were
doing. Material men were jus: as badly
OF, and a. the last meeting of the executive
board IL was decided that the next strike
would settle the whole thing one way or
another tie Il Tor keeps. We want 10
know when We begin lob that we will be
allowed % hnish II on the same basis as We
begin On.
Mr. Joseph Downey. president of the
Builders and Traders Exchange, said the
lock k-0ut would undoubtedly be a long one.
We are tired OF this uncer ainty,' he said,
'acd its got 10 stop this time. Fully fifty
thousand men will lsy down their tools to-
morrow night with a strong probability of
not having an opportunity OF using them
again IN this CITY for months. Many a poor
man will earn tomorrow his last days pay
for long time."
Cornelius Price the veteran master mason
of Chicago. said. The laboring men have
built wall around the city of Chicago and
aTe determined 10 let only such men
through the gates ss they may deem fit.
We are Roing 10 tear down that wall and
make this free city-frea 10 any working
man Of any trade who may care 10 en-
ter IL
some Of the contractors anticipated the
order and shut down today. The Others
will follow tomorrow night. without doubt,
and the long. hard struggle between the
masters and the men will begin and proba-
bly, continue through ths Summer.
Presiden khver. OF the Trades Assembly,
said today that this ock-out would make
the vsrmcst time in Chicago that there has
been for many years. 1T will be the duty OF
the labor leaders" he said. TO try and con-
trOl their men through the critical period
/ but 4 will be 4 hard Job aad fear there will
De open riot. Men who have been living
FOR months on starvation wages. and have
hardly a cent % their names will grow
terribly desperate. There ishhovever any
amount OF work in other Western cities
aud many men will doubtlnss seek en-
plovment elsewhere. There arefew Of oul
men who would net sscrifice every cent
they earned above what was necessary tc
support themselves and families TO see u.
get our rights.